The characters and their world come alive,Īnd the characters and its world still live on.Ĭonversation Starters is peppered with questions designed toĪnd invite us into the world that lives on. Ordinary Grace is the journey of that question, and some people might find some answers.ĮVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER One question that many believers struggle with is why God lets bad things happen to good people. The book raises questions about racism, war, mental illness, forgiveness, and faith. The different ways the family members and community deals with the deaths brings forth the issues and concerns of the times vividly. Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him. In the summer of 1961, the town sees five deaths, one of them being a member of the Drum family, Frank’s sister. When Frank Drum’s family moves to New Bremen, they have no idea what heartbreak lies in the future for them. After Frank and his younger brother Jake tag along with their father in the middle of the night to the police station so Nathan can get his drunk war buddy Gus out of jail for fighting with the town delinquent Morris, the boys sit on the steps of the church as their father lingers in the church to pray. Ordinary Grace: A Novel by William Kent Krueger | Conversation Starters
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